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diarrhoea

/ ˌdaɪəˈrɪə /

noun

C16: from Late Latin, from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein to flow through, from dia- + rhein to flow

Its internal uses are in hysteria, and 136 in such conditions as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera.

Diarrhoea broke out in the camp soon after my arrival, and continued to haunt us all during the summer.

It is often necessary to give the infant or the young child cereal water to replace food in occasions of summer diarrhoea, etc.

Its leaves dried and pulverised are used as an antidote to various diseases, as diarrhoea, fevers, etc.

Diarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation.

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